Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Church release about race and the gospel

https://www.lds.org/topics/race-and-the-priesthood?lang=eng
this article officially dispels a lot of things that we grew up hearing, and some thing even taught by our dear mother, really good to read if you have the time...

6 comments:

Shane said...

I read this yesterday - nice and concise :-)

Kim and Joe said...

hum. I just read this and I don't know what you are talking about mom taught differently. Oh well maybe I just never paid attention.

weston said...

nothing major really, but this seems to suggest against things like black people turning white in the hereafter, as well as goes away from the black skin being the sign of any curse or anything like that, nothing explicit, but maybe im reading too much into it...

weston said...

"God created the many diverse races and ethnicities and esteems them all equally." obviously he treats them all equally, but my question is the depth of the first part where he created the many diversities, seems to imply express intent as opposed to curses or other changes that will be removed, so i wonder if either people wont all change to white like the nebekers teach, or if that could still happen, because if it was intentional originally for there to be different races, then there could very well be different races in the afterlife. and thats a lot of where my reading too deep into things comes in i guess.
massive comment rambling, sorry

Kim and Joe said...

Ok I see what you are saying. Definitely a thought to think about. I do believe that he loves us all the same for sure. I still don't know about the afterlife. We are all in God's image does that mean color just humans. It makes me wonder will there be black Heavenly Father's creating their own worlds and will their Adam's be black or white? I don't really have a problem with that it just seams kind of weird.

jolyn said...

good article, doesn't disagree with any of my beliefs, God is always in control. Races are designed. I don't like nor appreciate the criticism